The Jones Assembly

One of the things that Stewart had told us about was that upstairs there is a special area called the T Room.  

This is a speakeasy style bar with specialty drinks that arent available downstairs.  

So of course we had to go check it out.  We didnt plan to stay, but the bartender Hector won us over with his friendly banter and extensive knowledge.  

Hector informed us that back during the prohibition they would go to these speakeasies and sneak their liqour in tea cups to avoid The Law.

I never knew they used teacups to get away with it!  {It was a fun tidbit that I plan to store away for trivia later!}

We sat and talked with Hector about some of the bands that have played there before like Willie Nelson, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Andy Grammer, and soo many more that I cant even begin to remember.  

We talked to Hector about different alcohols that they had there and just how many options they had in whiskey alone was amazing.  

We talked about Gin….and just how much I hate it.  {Anyone else think it smells and tastes like band-aids?}

Then he informed me that there was multiple types of gin, including one that is botanical…that does not smell band-aids!    

Hector wanted to make me a classic prohibition style cocktail to win me over to Gin.  

He made me a pretty pink drink, called the Clover Club.  I was a little intimidated to see that it had egg whites in it, but it was delicious, and of course so pretty!  

The hubs decided to try the Mother of Dragons drink.  This was a fun drink to watch Hector prepare.  Lots of smoke props needed for this one.  It tastes about what you can imagine based on the name…its very smoky, but has a nice spicy tang to it.  He loved it.